Title - Old Yeller Author: Gipson, Fred Publisher: HarperTrophy Print Synopsis Authors Purpose Genre A touching story about a dog who helps a boy and his family on the Texas frontier in the late 1800's. A classic tale. Entertain Realistic Fiction RDQ (Reading Difficulty Quotient) Accelerated Reader Lexile Find at 1667 4.5 850 RDQ based on a maximum of 3000 words Levels are suggested levels based on RDQ, not official levels Sentences Total Words Different Words Max Word/Sent 41 Total # of Words 2290 # of Different Words 673 Ave Word/.Sent 13 Hi Freq occurs 1737 75.9% # of Hi freq words 302 44.9% % of Long Sentences 25.1 Low Freq occurs 87 3.8% # of Low freq words 68 10.1% Subjective Criteria Illustrations: No support Dialog: Multiple speakers Dialog: Broken dialogue Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues Language: Many descriptive words Sentences: Many Long Complex Text structure: Story/Poem Inferences: Several Implications Complexity: Several ideas - closely related Concepts: Abstract/Complex Social Chapters Sequence of Events: Mostly chronological Features Character traits Integral Setting - Historical Simple Plot Foreshadowing First Person Topics Fathers *History Dogs *Animals Farms American History *Family & Friends Low Frequency Words aching arliss britches cantle coons cornfields cur curves depredations diamond dingy drooping fertile frazzle gushed handsome herd hesitated hollering holt jumper knocking ledge liveoaks lunging mention mesquite middles motioned mounted murder mustaches myrtle naked nowhere nuzzle plunder pothole prairie raiding rattler rattler's recollect reservation reservations scabbard scythe separate settlement shaken shutting skinned slinging solemn sprout strayed sulked texans travis varmints warned watchdogs watermelons womenfolks worth writhing yeller yessir